Can you use a variable value as a variable name in Python

Asked Dec 31 '22 at 16:57

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Can you use a variable value as part of another variable name in Python.

For example, lets assume that I have a few variables named a1, a2, a3

Then can I access the variable using the value of another variable, lets say b = 2, therefore can I access a2 Something like (this is wrong but helps to explain)

a1 = "First"
a2 = "Second"
a3 = "Third"
b = 2
print(a%s,b)

This should print variable a2.

Thanks

asked Dec 31 '22 at 16:57

Peter_Brown_USA

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Don't. Read https://stackoverflow.com/q/1373164/3001761. – jonrsharpe Dec 31 '22 at 16:59
Create list a = ['first', ' second', .... ] access it using b as index of a : a[b] or something similar using a dictionary ? – pippo1980 Dec 31 '22 at 17:15

Can you use a variable value as a variable name in Python

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